The Sacred Relics in Lake Tiberias will neither decay nor undergo any change until Hazrat Mahdi (as) brings them out

The Sacred Relics in Lake Tiberias will neither decay nor undergo any change until Hazrat Mahdi (as) brings them out

The Sea of Galilee, also Kinneret, Lake of Gennesaret, or Lake Tiberias (Hebrew: יָם כִּנֶּרֶת, Judeo-Aramaic: יַמּא דטבריא, Arabic: بحيرة طبرية‎)
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In al-Ghaybah al-Numani: Ibn Ukda relates from Abdullah ibn Sinan, through Muhammad ibn Mufaddal, Sa’dan ibn Ishaq, Ahmad ibn Husain, Muhammad al-Qatvani and Hasan ibn Mahbub:

I heard Abu Abdullah [Ja’far Sadik (as)] say:

“Moses’ [as] staff was the branch of one of the trees of paradise, which Jibril [as] gave to him when he wished to go to the city of Madyan. That staff is in Lake Tiberias together with the coffin of the Prophet Adam [as]. They neither decay nor alter until the Qaim [Hazrat Mahdi (as)] eventually appears and brings them both forth.”

Majlisi, Bihar al-Anwar, Beirut, 1404, vol.52, p.351.

THE STAFF OF MOSES AND THE SAKINA ARE INSIDE MOSES’ ARK. THE SAKINA IS A SPEAKING SPIRIT FROM ALLAH

Muhammad ibn Hasan ibn Ahmad ibn Walid (ra) relates from Yunus ibn Abdurrahman through Muhammad ibn Hasan as-Saffar, Ibrahim ibn Hashim and Ismail ibn Merrar:

I asked Abu’l Hasan [as]:

“What kind of thing was the “Ark of Moses” and what were its dimensions?”

“3 x 2 yards” he replied.

“What is inside it?” I said.

“The staff of Moses and the sakina” he said.

“What is the sakina?” I said.

“It is a speaking spirit from Allah. When they fell into dispute over any matter it spoke to them and explained them what they wanted to know,“ he said.

Sheikh al-Saduq, Maan al-Akhbar, Qum, 1361, pp.284-285

THE SAKINA IS A SWEET BREEZE OF PARADISE

My father (ra) related from Abu Hammam Ismail ibn Hammam through Sa’d ibn Abdullah and Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Isa:

Imam Riza [as] asked someone, “What do you think the sakina is?” Those around did not know and asked him what it was.

He replied:

“It is a sweet breeze of paradise. It comes in the shape of a human being and accompanies the prophets. It appeared to Abraham [as] when he was constructing the Kaaba and showed him what to do, and he constructed the foundation accordingly.”

Sheikh al-Saduq, Maan al-Akhbar, Qum, 1361, p.285

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